The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-05-16

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IN 4 4 recer,t 1,nnber n Ara I 4 ",
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ppsaiS Settns ~ pfset hi ll On
sclenco and g1mmoft several o.
them by eminent scientific men. Prof, ].
P,Lesley holda that ,scIenro,e cannot M,
aiblv taacb,f az 5dsnv IL mio,. .li,, - MI J.
~ a ~. ~ o, ANY. IN na y
tae conoluons aIe VOC unlike you can't
.4ensuie tnouRhtNlt . yafdshck. Science
y tns knowaple, and you cant measure
ny, NY u anAaoWaptS ~ u. ffoi. Lester =.
Y afd 6ays thatao iaf 60 science canspeak
on tne Buplect, tne CONSEQUENCES peraists
~ iong aa me Organized brain, and mo
iopge IN Ae li n, o. Science, .
rioi.sM aa ,.says, ~ tne immortality, OF
aisss, anu tsa mosi9as ~ Ihe production
o. Phenomena. ana that with them con.
conHG!ousnsss, Tue piouuct 81 the eternal
acs utu, y tle 4 ~ snoulo NOT be
Sonioanueu, 4Sr ioi. Shmea y, LANA sound
Go!as taas tdere - notntng IN science
aeata.ss imasoltaasy. ffo o.. asa gray thinks
tnas tne lntetpietationo nature not beyond
the IlRheat sclenIuc CONSIDERATION, that
tne MelenG hypotheels 10 the beat expla-
natlon q me iacta, and that immortality
10 pfobap!e, but not not an unavoidable
y from .ihelsm. FOL Joseph
Lsluy iegaIas No question as OUT the pale
o. science, anu ne thinks the iacts OF
SCIENCE makes u diihcule to believe in the
peisisIenGe OF personal consciousness alter
boailys dissolution. :iProi. Simon New-
come 10 inclined 10 regard the question
10 lying wholly without tho pale Of science,
properly ao'cllied,T does not think mod
ern investigation has brought TO light any
new Iacls bearing upon 1t, and that Ii con-
eciouaness has been a gradual develops
menu as 10 implied IN the theory Of the
community o. organic NE, 1t "eeems dith.
GU. 20 assign any INK in the series at
which we can suppose 80 great 3 break to
nave occurred as 10 Implied In the passage
from mortality 10 Immortality Prof.. +.
o. Moiae writes; (! nave never yet seen
anything IN the discoveries OF science
Whica would IN the slightest degree sap-
por. or strengthen. belief in immortal.
W.: ffoi. Uope aeems 70 regard immor-
tanty aa posslbie IN spite OF apparent cvi.
uence aganst II, Dnt LIQUIDS the peralBt-
ehGe OF oal personality; VI
~: y. a. uoutd thlnks tnere Is nothing
IN sc.ehce tha1 ehonlo lead 70 alsaoiiity IN
immortality. ". dawson, OF Mc!dill uni
verelty, refers 10 tho Instinct Of immortal.
ny IN savage races as a "God-given tea.
tu.e " lne spit!tuat nature yeafnlng after
iost ealthiy Immoral, and tllnging to
me nope o. peter nelns IN o. future
VIC. ~. !. eterry hunt tolnke that the
iacts Ok modern science are fashef con
tIaty. tn ms ! IAyolaole 70 tne doctfine OF q
lutule ne. NeVeftnelese, ne pelleves IN
3 3 Gonaltionsl lmmoftanty, Inc gut OF
uoo, put lacAs tlme 70 explain What ne
. uaeaas -. aihed n: Hadace says,
Outeioe Of moaefn splrituansln Know
Oh notnlng IN recognized science TO sup
port the oelei IN immortality, and though
consider spltltualism to DO as truly an es-
taoiiefed experimental sciences as any 9th.
er,lt ls not recognized as SUCH" Dr.. Asaph
dali thinks science gives no positive an
swer to questions concerning Immortality,
but that modern discoveries tend to
strengthen the belief. Dr.. Elliott Coues
says: There Is much in the discoveries
OF psychic seienca not only 10 support or
strengthen the belief IN Immortality, but
to convert that belief into knowledge"
Herbert Spencer, according to Rev. N. J.
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